(Kiss me)
(35 mm, 83 min, color, 1984)
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Vera is a counselor at a school in a small
town. She spends her days solving her students petty problems and, in her
breaks, drinking tea and chatting with her good friend Leandro. Suddenly,
a guest appears at the school. It seems that his name is Raul. No one knows
where he came from or what he does for a living. Vera falls in love, Leandro
discovers that he is alone, Sartori, the director, worries. In some way,
the whole school is changed with Raul’s brief visit. Forever.
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by Alberto Salva: |
Director: Werner Schünemann
Executive
Producer: Sérgio Lerrer
Written
by: Werner Schünemann, Rudi Lagemann and Giba Assis Brasil
Cinematographer:
Alberto
Salvá
Art Directors:
José
Artur Camacho and Marlise Storchi
Music by:
Celso
Loureiro Chaves
Production
Coordinator: Rudi Lagemann
Editor:
Francisco Sérgio Moreira
Assistant
Director: Giba Assis Brasil
Distribution: Casa de Cinema PoA
Main Cast:
Nina de Pádua
(Vera)
Rudi Lagemann
(Raul)
Ney Laux (Leandro)
Breno Ruschel
(Sartori)
Prizes
2nd
Rio Cine Festival, 1984:
Best Cinematography,
Best Actress (Nina de Pádua), Best Dubbing, Special Prize for Actor
Rudi Lagemann, Honor Mention for the Director, Honor Mention for the Production.
17th
Brasília Film Festival, 1984:
Best Actor
(Rudi Lagemann) and Best Direction.
Reviews
"KISS ME is a love story: Raul (Rudi Lagemann), reaching his thirties,
disillusioned and mysterious, leaves Porto Alegre for the interior, where
he meets Vera (Nina de Pádua), a sweet and charming school teacher.
(...) In spite of the filmmakers' young age (...), KISS ME is a high quality
production, not only because of its plot, but also the excellent music
by Celso Loureiro Chaves and the correct – and award winning – photography
by Alberto Salvá."
(Ricardo Largman,
JORNAL DO BRASIL, Rio de Janeiro, 23/05/84)
"KISS ME is the most perfect of the films made in Rio Grande do Sul, although
it does not communicate with audiences as effectively as GREEN YEARS. Schünemann
proposes a more psychological theme, an imperfect love triangle that transcends
the mere romantic chronicle. At the center of everything is Vera (brilliantly
played by Nina de Pádua), a strong figure, a fighter, passionate
and deep. (...) Both men who fall in love with her are her exact opposites.
Leandro (...) cannot manage to question anything because he feels protected
by the authoritarian and conservative structure of the school. Raul is
a disillusioned cynic with a shady past, he is destructively rebellious
(...) The only one to get through all the clashes in the film is Vera.
She is a mother, a woman, a lover, without ever giving up dreaming or passion."
(Goida, ZERO
HORA, Porto Alegre, 22/11/84)
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